Questions

1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of State funding for non-governmental organisations, NGOs, under the aegis of her Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO funding under t…

1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23926/25]

1117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses are in proporti…

1118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and detailed explanation of how her Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under her aegis. (details supplied). [23962/25]

1119. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the current situation whereby vulnerable elderly sick people in need of nursing home care, either short- or long-term, are being placed in nursing homes miles away from their families and friends (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23980/25]

1120. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her plans to review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include inflammatory bowel conditions, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, given that these are lifelong conditions which have a substantial impact on a person’s quality of life and necessitate continued medical intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

1121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a decision was taken at Department of Health and HSE level, prior to the abortion law changing in 2019, to adopt an approach to pregnancy counselling services, such as including the withholding of public funding from any pregnancy counselling agency not prepared to engage in abortion referral under the new legal regime proposed in 2018; and if she will make a …

1122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the figure of 10,021 payments for completed medical abortions (details supplied) represents the number of payments to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2023, but not to medical abortions provided in hospitals for women between 9 and 12 weeks' gestation; the number of such hospital medical abortions in 2023; the estima…

1123. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which a reported figure of 10,021 early-pregnancy abortions in 2023 (details supplied) can be reconciled with a figure of 9,876 early-pregnancy abortions in the Department of Health abortion report for the same year, given that the figure of 9,876 includes early-pregnancy abortions in hospitals but the figure of 10,021 does not; the number of early-pre…

1124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current system of reporting abortion numbers based on abortion notifications from general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics is seriously inadequate, with a large number of notifications being received late or not at all, and many of those that are received being incomplete; to undertake to change the system…

1125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will include HSE abortion payment data for 2024 in the Department of Health abortion report due to be published end June 2025, specifically the number of payments of €300 to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2024, and the number of €100 payments to these same providers for post-hospital medical abortion patients w…

1126. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps her Department has taken to expand IVF support to those experiencing secondary infertility; the supports currently in place for secondary infertility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24012/25]

1127. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to re-advertise the tender for the construction of a primary care centre in Portumna, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24052/25]

1128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list in Crumlin Childrens Hospital dental section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24066/25]

1129. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the dental section in Crumlin Childrens Hospital is not doing any preventive dental care at present, unless it is an emergency, due to staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24067/25]

1130. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in orthodontics in Crumlin Childrens Hospital that are currently waiting to be filled, how long the vacancies have existed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24068/25]

1131. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if patients currently on waiting lists for procedures will be referred for the new Swords surgical hub when it opens later in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24070/25]

1132. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to ensure that the fair deal scheme does not impede succession planning in particular the succession of agricultural land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24071/25]

1133. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to commence each section of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24072/25]

1134. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken with the Department of Further and Higher Education and third level institutions to increase the supply of graduates and allied health professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24073/25]

1135. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her work to ensure even more routine healthcare services are available in the evenings and weekends as mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24074/25]

1136. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has undertaken through the Laura Brennan HPV Catch Up Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24075/25]

1137. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to work towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24076/25]

1138. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to establish a national system for electronic prescribing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24077/25]

1139. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to advertise outside of Ireland for healthcare professionals and healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24078/25]